The Ryerson Rams are the athletic teams that represent Ryerson University

Ryerson University

Ryerson University is a public research university located in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Its urban campus is adjacent to Yonge-Dundas Square located at the busiest intersection in Downtown Toronto. The majority of its buildings are in the blocks northeast of the square in Toronto's Garden...

 in Toronto

Toronto

Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...

, Ontario

Ontario

Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....

, Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

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Teams

Ryerson operates 14 men's and women's interuniversity sports teams that compete nationally through Ontario University Athletics (OUA) and Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS). The Rams compete in men's and women's volleyball, basketball, soccer, badminton, fencing and rowing, along with women's figure skating and men's hockey. The school also has several club teams, including women's hockey and cheerleading.

Facilities

The Rams' basketball and volleyball teams play primarily out of Kerr Hall West Gymnasium, a triple gym located in Kerr Hall

Kerr Hall

Kerr Hall is a series of four buildings in a square forming the Ryerson Community Park, also known as the Quad, on the campus of Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada. The site of the former Toronto Normal School...

 West. The men's and women's soccer teams call Allan Lamport Stadium home. The field is located near King and Dufferin streets in downtown Toronto. The men's hockey team also plays off campus, taking to the ice at George Bell Arena in Etobicoke.

In December 2009, Ryerson University announced that Maple Leaf Gardens

Maple Leaf Gardens

Maple Leaf Gardens is an indoor arena that was converted into a Loblawssupermarket and Ryerson University athletic centre in Toronto, on the northwest corner of Carlton Street and Church Street in Toronto's Garden District.One of the temples of hockey, it was home to the Toronto Maple Leafs of the...

 would become the new home of the Rams' hockey, basketball and volleyball teams among others for the 2011-12 OUA season. The school partnered with the Canadian Government and supermarket company Loblaws

Loblaws

Loblaws is a supermarket chain with over 70 stores in Canada, headquartered in Brampton, with stores across Ontario and Quebec. Loblaws is a division of Loblaw Companies Limited, Canada's largest food distributor...

to cover funding for the project, which will cost approximately $60 million. The arena is scheduled to be renovated over the next two years, and while the ground level will host a Loblaws supermarket, Ryerson's space, which will be on the second and third floors, will include an NHL-sized ice rink, 4-lane 200m running track, fitness centre and basketball and volleyball courts by the time it re-opens in November 2011. BBB Architects & Stadium Consultants International will design the new athletic centre.